Monthly Archives: July 2012

President Obama has sent to the Senate his nomination of James Cunningham to be the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. Cunningham studied political science and psychology at Syracuse University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has t… More »

President Obama has sent to the Senate his nomination of James Cunningham to be the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. Cunningham studied political science and psychology at Syracuse University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has t… More »

Forgot about having to leave your cooler and lawn seats at Saratoga Race Course to make a bet: You’ll be able to do from your phone. The New York Racing Association said today it will be offering free wireless Internet when the racing season starts Friday at the historic upstate track. “Our Wi-Fi network introduces […] More »

Allegations that top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin is an operative for The Muslim Brotherhood are bull, Republican Sen. John McCain said today in a hands-across-the-aisle floor speech. McCain, the GOP’s 2008 presidential pick, trashed a report from … More »

Republican congressional candidate Joe Carvin wants six, 90-minute “economic” debates with Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Harrison, Westchester County. The new 17th District includes much of northern Westchester County and all of Rockland County. Carvin, the Rye town supervisor, is challenging Lowey, who has been in office for 24 years. Carvin initially sought the GOP nomination to […] More »

Love him or hate him, you’ve got to give it to veteran Democratic consultant (and rabbi!) Hank Sheinkopf: The man’s got comic timing. Here’s Sheinkopf’s cameo from last night’s Daily Show, from a “report” on producing a negative ad for Mexico’s presidential elections, in which they were banned. (H/T CityandState). The Daily Show Get More:… More »

In a new chapter of the same story, several online campaigns have been launched attacking both President Obama and Mitt Romney — Obama for ‘cronyism’ and Romney for his work at Bain Capital and his personal wealth. The AFL-CIO launched a new website c… More »

As expected, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed three bills designed to keep New York’s smaller breweries pumping out the suds. The setting was the F.X. Matt Brewery in Utica, where I’m told Cuomo actually sipped a beer in public. (No keg stand, as the ancient Greek poet Homer prescribed.) This legislative package came about this legislative […] More »

Well, I’ve never called Hank Sheinkopf “The Terminator” — have you? — but no matter: The veteran consultant did it for himself on The Daily Show as he was drafted to gin up a negative ad for Mexico’s presidential contest… The Daily Show Get More: D… More »

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, wants to clean up vacant gas stations and the contaminated fields that surround them, arguing that they are safety hazards and deter economic development. Schumer announced today he would push to renew expired legislation that provided tax incentives for cleaning up brownfields, which are stretches of land contaminated by […] More »

Some Public Service Commission employees are in the hot seat after the Inspector Generals Office found they had accepted gifts including meals and golf games from the utilities they are involved in regulating. The gifts go back over 8 years, noted IG Catherine Leahy Scott. Here are the details: Acting State Inspector General Catherine Leahy […] More »

GOP leaders from Erie and Niagara counties unveiled a billboard campaign by the NRCC that aims to cast Rep. Kathy Hochul as a rubber stamp for the Obama administration. The billboard, which appears below, is actually mobile. It will be parked outside Hochul’s office in Williamsville today and then move to her Greece district office… More »

In a round of media interviews over the past day, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, has reiterated his support for a Democrat-controlled Senate, saying it would help some of his major policy initiatives become law. Silver, whose conference enjoys a 2-to-1 edge in the Assembly, told WGDJ-AM and YNN’s Capital Tonight that he supports the […] More »

Congressional disapproval ratings are sky-high, and Americans have more faith in banks, big business and HMOs, finds to an American Enterprise Institute report. The compilation of polls, which you can read in full below, found that, according to Gallup… More »

Just how big is the GOP’s cash advantage over the Democrats in the battle for control of the state Senate? Pretty big, according to the latest report from NYPIRG data guru Bill “TechMagic” Mahoney. He reports that Republican candidates and campaign o… More »

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